Elephant Ears
Charles wrote:
Colocasia esculenta, one of the plants sold as Elephant Ear and as
taro, is poisonous. The poison is Oxalic acid, or oxalate crystals.
Ouch. Sugar beets and Skunk cabbage also have Oxalic acid in them. I
tried tasting each, NEVER AGAIN. Ohhh, that hurt.
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